Apollos Boxing tips – The Jab, If you have any done any boxing training or have even watched a film about boxing you will of heard or been taught how important it is to use the jab. At Apollos Boxing in Bolton we like to educate and teach our boxers and not just tell them what to do but rather explain why and how to do the techniques we teach including the importance of the jab in a boxing match.
At Apollos Boxing we try and expand on every boxing technique and explain more than one way of using every technique including the jab, below we will highlight three of the higher percentage ways of using the jab
To draw out your opponents attack – The jab doesn’t have to always be thrown as a hard stiff shot, at Apollos Boxing we teach our amateur and professional boxers that train with us to flick the jab towards their opponent to draw out an attack which can then be countered, this is one of the main ways Floyd Mayweather uses his jab.
To judge the distance between you and your opponent – The jab in boxing is probably the safest shot to throw as you do not leave yourself open to many counters if it is thrown correct and can be thrown from the most distance from your opponent, if the jab is too far away from your opponent then every other shot will be too!
To cause damage to your opponent – The jab as mentioned above is the most versatile punch in boxing kind of like the swiss army knife of punches, the majority of time at Apollos Boxing in Bolton we teach all of our boxers and MMA fighters to use the jab to set up punches and counters with the jab but the jab can also be used to cause damage to your opponent both to the body and to the head in fact Floyd Mayweather has actually scored a knockdown using a stiff jab to his opponents body!
As you can see the jab in boxing and all martial arts in a massive weapon and such a useful punch so therefore at Apollos Boxing we make sure all of our boxers and MMA fighters have a brilliant jab defense too! If you can take away your opponents biggest weapon then you have already won one of the battles in a boxing or MMA contest or sparring session!
If you have any more questions about the jab or about any other boxing techniques then please contact us at Apollos Boxing in Bolton, if you are also looking to improve your boxing technique for boxing amateur, boxing professional or even an MMA fight then please contact us for more information on our one to one boxing classes or even our small boxing classes.